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Almost everything is now being referred to 3rd umpire even boundaries, next they'll refer to 3rd umpire for wides, no-balls and these guys on the field will have to be laid-off :p
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and what is wrong with that. I am sick and tired of the argument that "human error is part of the game." How would you feel if you lost not because of your own mistake but whether a 60 year old fat ******* raised his fingers or not. I hope to see the day where everything will be judged by replays. Players should be the one that decide the fate of the match and players should be the ONLY one that holds the fate on who wins or loses.
I think Younis Khan was not out, he was out of his crease but the ball never touched Bala g's hand before hitting the stumps. Ghouri sahab never botherd to get help from the third upmire.
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The umpire CAN NOT refer the call whether the ball touched the fielder before it hits the stumps. He has to make the decision on the field which he did. He could have referred whether Younis Khan was out of crease or not, which was not necessary.
Yes, he got Inzi's LBW completely wrong, but mistakes do happen. No need to get on his case. Overall Nadeem Ghauri had a good match.
I think Younis was out. But Inzi's LBW was dumb decisions. But then there were other dumb decisions too..like denying LBW of Yasir early in the inning.He was just plumb.
Or Kaif's Lbw.
Its part of game.It just happens.
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You must admit appealing by Indians was really pathetic. Ganguly and Balaji made prolonged and repetitive appeals on the home umpire Nadeem Ghauri. It just doesn't suit the captain to be questioning umpire's decision after the appeal.
Nadeem Ghauri gave Inzi wrongly out LBW under pressure from the Indians.
Great win by pakis. hameed, abdur n shabbir played vital roles in it. razzaq n moin played innings of great character n hameed rightly proved that he's been THE FIND for pakistan since the world cup.
Bowling was gd in general. Shabbir n Shaoib were outstanding while Sami was again pretty crappy again. Abdur bowled well on a seaming track, n got 2 big wickets. But the latter two are very inconsistent, n that almost certainly ensures Afridi's spot as the 6th bowlers, for the next 2 one-dayers.
But Indians will definetely bounce back n i have a feeling that Sachin will play another big innings (althou i hope it doesnt happen!). We will have to peg back the extras that we give. In this game fortunately the extras n the dropped catches did not matter but that wont happen alwayz. As for the umpiring, well there was one contentious decision n one simply horrible. Ghouri just wanted to show the world how fair he is, n for that he gave the paki captain a pathetic decision.
Newayz the next game will be another cracker, n lets hope that the green shirts can close this series on sunday and avoid all of us the tension of a game 5 series decider!